Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759739AbXF2Iuj (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:50:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754560AbXF2Iu1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:50:27 -0400 Received: from mail.xandmail.com ([212.155.184.97]:57526 "EHLO mail.xandmail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754450AbXF2IuZ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:50:25 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:50:20 +0200 Message-Id: Subject: Re: 2.6.20->2.6.21 - networking dies after random time MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Sensitivity: 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT From: "Jean-Baptiste Vignaud" To: "jarkao2" Cc: "linux-kernel" , "marcin\.slusarz" , "shemminger" , "linux-net" , "netdev" X-XaM3-API-Version: 4.2(R3) (B21) X-type: 0 X-SenderIP: 212.155.184.109 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2265 Lines: 63 Update... I did 2 tests : 1) booted with option acpi=off It booted correctly, i managed to get some load on one of the card and after a while (10 minutes i guess) the Timeout occurs. Side effect, at the same moment the sata contolers lost control of the disks somehow and the raid 5 array on the system crashed hard. I have no traces as i was unable to rebuild it (and i tried a lot of extreme voodoo methods). 2) changed the 3com cards i replaced by two cards, 01:06.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 42) 01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS) reinstalled and stressed the network (small download from a laptop) and : Jun 29 09:34:10 loki kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Jun 29 09:34:51 loki last message repeated 14 times Jun 29 09:35:18 loki last message repeated 8 times so it seems to be a more generic problem. (i'v updated the fedora bugzilla aswell) did not test the "[PATCH] 8139cp dev->tx_timeout" yet. JB > On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 04:24:07PM +0200, Jean-Baptiste Vignaud wrote: > > Hello, i have a very similar problem with 2.6.21 also; > > > > 2 3com NICs and they are failling randomly. > > > > The kernel is a basic fedora 7 kernel (2.6.21-1.3228.fc7) > > I found a bug report and added details here : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=243960 > > > > I'm not subcribed on this list, so please cc me if there is any questions. > > > > JB > > > > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 08:10:17AM +0200, Marcin Ślusarz wrote: > > > ... > > > > I reproduced it on minimal config: > ... > > > We know your hardware should be OK - since it was fine with 2.6.20. > ... > > It looks like there is something common in the air... > > Marcin: ne2k_pci with 8390, Jean: 3com, and now I see > similar problem with 8139cp too (plus some ideas): > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=118293314109648&w=2 > > So, you probably should wait a little & look for new patches here. > > Cheers, > Jarek P. > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/